Jain & Carol, When eating out I avoided trying these for a very long time, the thought of hot COOKED cucumber just didn't seem appealing. Surprisingly, it becomes very mellow and compliments the filling ingredients very well.

Hi Monique! What a great idea, I'm sure any recipe you might use for meat dumplings would work in this recipe. I was thinking that I forgot to mention that you can use chicken, turkey or all shrimp, too. I do think the ground pork provides the fat to keep these juicy, but as long as they are not overcooked I'm sure it could be omitted.

Hi Andrea~ yes, most definitely! Perhaps you didn't see my note at the end of the post? The little balls can be dressed with a traditional rice vinegar and eaten as a salad. No waste! :) I love that.

Sorry, I did see your note, what I mean to write was have you thought of anything to use them for in their adorable ball form? But I guess you could just not chop them up. I wonder if you could pair them with melon balls in a salad or something, or if that would be a weird combination. LOVE your blog!

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